Accreditation

Salus University is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSCHE).

The University is approved by the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is approved for veteran's education under U.S. Code, Section 1775.

The Doctor of Optometry program at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University is accredited by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) of the American Optometric Association.

The Doctor of Audiology program at Salus University George S. Osborne College of Audiology is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) through the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). The period of accreditation is July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2011. Students who graduate from a CAA accredited program are eligible for ASHA certification in Audiology (CCC-A).

In March 2010, the Salus University Physician Assistant program was granted continuing accreditation status by ARC-PA (Accreditation Review Commission for Education of Physician Assistants, www.arc-pa.org). ARC-PA is the accrediting agency that defines the standards for Physician Assistant (PA) education and evaluates PA educational programs within the territorial United States to ensure their compliance with those standards.

All students completing study in an accredited program (provisional or continuing accreditation) are eligible to take the professional certification examination required for state licensure; therefore, all Salus University Physician Assistant program graduates are eligible to sit for the Physician Assistant National Certification Examination (PANCE).

The Master of Public Health program was approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) on May 4, 2010.  PDE has authorized the University to offer a distance MPH degree program designed to meet the needs of students and practitioners both domestically and internationally.